Orphans of the Living
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1920731660
ISBN-13
9781920731663
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Imprint
Fremantle Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 7th, 2008
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
346 grams
Dimensions
20.00 x 13.00 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Australasian & Pacific history20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Social issues & processes
Ksh 3,050.00
Publisher Out of Stock
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
In August 2004, Parliamentary senators wept as they presented Forgotten Australians, the report from the Senate Inquiry into the treatment of children in care. Half a million children grew up in care in twentieth-century Australia, and most often these children lived with daily brutal physical and emotional abuse in the sterile environment of an institution. Drawing on interviews, submissions to the Senate Inquiry, and her own experience, Joanna Penglase describes for the first time the experience from the perspective of the survivors. With tenderness, compassion and intellect, Penglase begins to unravel the seemingly inexplicable: how and why did this happen? She looks not only at the profound personal costs to these children, but the huge social and economic costs of these past policies.
Get Orphans of the Living by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Fremantle Press and it has pages.
